Sept. 6th- Sept. 9th

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September 6
We went over the questions from 'The Jungle" reading than learned about the investors that shaped the 2nd Industrial Revolution.

Main investors-
  • Rockefeller: oil
  • Carnegie: steel
  • J. P. Morgan: banks
  • Vanderbilt: shipping
  • Gould: railroad

Monoply-an individual or company owning all of one industry

Robber Barrons-(Ruthless Business men)
  • Bribery of the government
  • Illegal activity
  • Buy out businesses
  • lower rates/competitive rates
  • Rip off customers

Captians of Industry-(Good Wealthy Business men)
  • Poor to riches
  • Philanthropy
  • Good business men
  • Expanded the economy
  • Created jobs

September 7, 2011
We talked about immigration to the US, factors of immigration, and Ellis Island

1800s-1912: European Wave
  • Northwest Europe
-Great Britain
-Ireland
-France
  • Central Europe
-Germany
-Poland
  • Eastern Europe
-Russia
-Romania
  • Southern Europe
-Italy
-Spain

Factors of Immigration
  • Push (What makes people choose to immigrate)
-Bad economy
-Opressive government
-War
-Wages/Poverty
-Disease
-Religious Persecution
  • Pull (What draws immigrants to the US)
-Freedom/Democracy
-Land
-Money
-Education
-Diversity
-Choices
-Jobs
-The American Dream (come poor, get rich)
Ellis Island
  • Located on NY harbor
  • Opened in 1882
  • Closed in 1954
  • Processed new arrivals
  • Peak year: 1907
  • 1,004,000 people (immigrants) in one year, 2,700 per day
  • Immigration restricted by 1924's Immigration Act

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September 9th -NWorley

Went on Moodle and discussed Immigration Paper which is due on Tuesday, September 13.
Unit test and guidelines now due on Wednesday, September 14.

Took test at https://test.successforall.org (Took all class period).